P.A.O.K. H.C.

PAOK
Full name	Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Thessaloniki Handball Club
Nickname(s)	Double-Headed Eagle of the North White-Blacks
Founded	1999 (1999)
Arena	Mikra Indoor Arena III
Capacity	1,380
President	Athanasios Katsaris
Head coach	Stelios Seirekidis
League	Handball Premier
2023–24	3th
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Active departments of P.A.O.K.
Football (Men's) Football B (Men's) Football (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Handball (Women's) Water Polo (Men's) Water Polo (Women's) Boxing Taekwondo Cycling Athletics Ice hockey Futsal (Men's) Wrestling Weightlifting Swimming Judo Esports Chess

PAOK Handball Club is the handball section of PAOK, the major multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki, Greece. PAOK has both men's and women's team. So far, men's team has won 3 Greek Championships and 4 Greek Cups and women's team has won 6 Greek Championships and 7 Greek Cups. Despite its relatively short history, it is considered amongst the most successful departments of the club.

Thessaloniki

Location of P.A.O.K. H.C.

PAOK Handball Club was founded in 1999 after it merged with another club from Thessaloniki, Triton. Stelios Seirekidis, former club's coach, has connected his name with the whole club's history. PAOK was promoted to A1 Ethniki for first time in 2000–01 season. Three years later, they relegated to A2 Ethniki, but they were promoted back to the top-tier level the following season. As the years passed, the team became stronger and they won two consecutive Greek Handball Championships in 2009 and 2010. PAOK defeated Panellinios at the last game of the 2009 play-offs and Doukas at the last game of the 2010 play-offs. In 2009–10 season, PAOK became the second Greek team after Filippos Veria, who reached the EHF Champions League group stage. In 2011, even though PAOK needed only a draw in the last home game in Thessaloniki to secure their third consecutive title, they lost the championship to AEK. In 2012, PAOK won the Greek Cup by beating AEK 25–24 in Patras. In 2015, PAOK claimed the double for the first time overcoming Diomidis Argous in the Greek Championship play-off finals and beating AEK 29–27 in the Greek Cup final held at the P.A.O.K. Sports Arena in Thessaloniki. In 2017, PAOK prevailed over Panellinios with 25–23 in Kozani, winning the Greek Cup for the third time. In 2024, PAOK won 21–20 against Drama and earned their fourth Greek Cup title.

HOME
2016–17	2021–22	2023–24

AWAY
2016–17	2017–18	2023–24

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[1]

P.A.O.K. H.C.

Goalkeepers 01 Viktor Gigov 16 Eleftherios Papazoglou Left Wingers 10 Nikolaos Nikolaidis (c) 13 Konstantinos Koukmisis 14 Nikolaos Chatzilias Right Wingers 09 Dimitrios Papageorgiou 11 Grigorios Ioannou Line Players 02 Markos Zafeiris 08 Anastasios Tsamouridis 22 Ioannis Batzios Left Backs 30 Dimitrios Triantafyllidis 44 Emmanouil Ladakis Central Backs 09 Christos Tsigaridas 21 Nikolaos Koukmisis Right Backs 19 Marko Georgievski 20 Marek Korbel

• Head coach: Stelios Seirekidis
• Assistant coach: Dimitrios Pelekidis
• Assistant coach: Vassilis Skandalis
• Physiotherapist: Panagiotis Papadopoulos

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining Danil Bochkarev (CB) from Aeropos Edessa Ioannis Kalomoiros (LB) from AEK Athens Ioannis Batzios (LP) from AESH Pylaia Konstantinos Koukmisis (LW) from AESH Pylaia Dimitrios Papageorgiou (RW) from AESH Pylaia Leaving Milos Mojsilov (GK) to Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém

• Greek Championship:
  • Winners (3): 2009, 2010, 2015
  • Runners-up (2): 2011, 2021
• Greek Cup:
  • Winners (4): 2012, 2015, 2017, 2024
  • Runners-up (2): 2013, 2021
• Double
  • Winners (1): 2015

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	Advance
2006–07	EHF Challenge Cup	R2	RK Vardar	29–34	29–43	58–77
2007–08	EHF Challenge Cup	R2	RK Kolubara	28–31		3rd place
			Great Dane HC London	32–21
			Burevestnik Lugansk	28–32
2008–09	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	Sungul Snezhinsk	23–23	25–25	48–48
		1/8	Știința Bacău	28–31	29–31	57–62
2009–10	EHF Champions League	QR	SPE Strovolos	32–29		1st place
			ZTR Zaporizhia	30–30
		Group Stage	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	25–37	22–46	6th place
			Montpellier HB	23–34	20–46
			SC Pick Szeged	27–26	24–27
			BM Valladolid	27–37	19–38
			HCM Constanța	26–30	23–34
2010–11	EHF Cup	R2	A1 Bregenz	23–31	24–27	47–58
2011–12	EHF Cup	R2	Tatabánya KC	23–27	25–29	48–56
2012–13	EHF Challenge Cup	1/16	IL Runar	31–32	26–36	57–68
2013–14	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	HC Victoria Regia MINSK	26–27	21–28	47–55
2017–18	EHF Challenge Cup	R2	Aloysians Von Taine	39–15	34–17	73–32
		R3	Göztepe SK	29–28	26–35	55–63
2021–22	EHF European Cup	R3	TENAX Dobele	29–24	28–25	57–49
		1/8	CS Minaur Baia Mare	28–27	21–32	49–59
2022–23	EHF European Cup	R2	Sesvete	21–27	24–29	45–56
2023–24	EHF European Cup	R2	Linz AG	25–25	26–27	51–52
2024–25	EHF European Cup	R2	Anorthosis	33–37	24–30	57–67

As of 06/12/2023^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
126	Granitas Kaunas	37
127	HV Hurry-Up	37
128	P.A.O.K. H.C.	36
129	HC Tallinn	36
130	BSV Bern	36
131	GC Amicitia Zürich	36
132	Belenenses	36

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